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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190994 | System and method for listening to audio content A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corres... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181110 | DOM based media viewer A system by which a computer user can view or listen to selected media objects, such as videos or podcasts or Internet radio, located in the Document Object Model (“DOM”) of a web page. The system is able to isolate the media objects selected by a user or the me... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176423 | Method and apparatus for playing multimedia contents A method and an apparatus for playing multimedia contents are provided. The method includes if a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents is loaded, detecting contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents from the multimedia contents file ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176424 | Encoding method and apparatus and decoding method and apparatus The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a media area, a media information area, and a menu description area including descrip... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166397 | Audio processing interface A graphical element resembling an instrument amplifier having audio control parameters is displayed through a graphical user interface (GUI). An additional graphical element resembling one or more instrument effects pedals is displayed. Each instrument effects pedal... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161063 | Multimedia object retrieval from natural language queries A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, and the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including a possessiv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156435 | Systems and methods to select media content Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A particular method includes generating a media playlist based on user preference data and generating a user interface display. The user preference data indicates proportions of each of a plurality of categor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151194 | Visual presentation of video usage statistics A system, method, and various software tools enable a video hosting website to graphically display statistics of data associated with videos posted on a video hosting website. Data associated with videos is collected, analyzed and stored. A graphical representation ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145999 | System and method for audio creation and editing in a multimedia messaging environment A system for editing audio objects in which a variety of audio objects are represented as images and laid out in a 2 dimensional visual environment. The system includes a display unit, a processing unit, a user interface unit, and a device for playing/receiving audi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136041 | Systems and methods for playing a musical composition in an audible and visual manner Disclosed are systems and methods for playing a musical composition in an audible and visual manner. In one aspect, a visual representation of a phonograph playing an analog record is transmitted to a viewer/listener along with the actual analog audio generated by s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136040 | Audio variance for multiple windows Systems and methods for varying the audio of multiple windows on a personal computer are provided. The windows may overlap in various configurations. These configurations may cause the audio associated with media playing in each media window that is overlapped to be... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122356 | Method for image animation using image value rules A method for image presentation are provided, in which at least one theme for image presentation is obtained; at least one set of images is acquired for presentation in association with each theme; and a presentation area image is generated for presentation on a dis... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122355 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display unit; a communication unit for carrying out a communication with an external apparatus; a reproduction unit for reproducing a content; and a control unit for executing control to change a p... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117543 | Method for providing GUI to display a plurality of lists and multimedia apparatus using the same A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and a multimedia apparatus using the same are provided, the method including: dividing a list display area into a plurality of sub-areas; and displaying a plurality of related lists regarding the multimedia cont... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112702 | Annotating video intervals A system and method is provided for managing and displaying annotations in online hosted videos. To determine related annotations associated with a video, a plurality of annotations for one or more intervals of the video are collected and organized into a plurality ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112711 | System and method of playback and feature control for video players A method and a system of displaying a user interface to control playback and features that may be associated with a prerecorded media. A media player, such as a DVD player, a personal computer, a home media server, a high definition video player, an optical player, ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099665 | Organizing and sorting media menu items A method of organizing episodic content includes identifying a list of items associated with episodic content and sorting the list of items based on at least episode order upon a prompt. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095879 | User interface for mobile handheld computer unit The present invention relates to a user interface for a mobile handheld computer unit, which computer unit comprises a touch sensitive area (1), which is divided into a menu area (2) and a display area (3). The computer unit is adapted to run se... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091015 | Digital document management system, digital document management method, and digital document management program A digital document management system is capable of guaranteeing that a partial correction has been made according to a proper procedure and achieving a third-party certification of the validity of the guarantee. The digital document management system manages documen... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091026 | Methods and apparatuses for processing digital objects Methods and apparatuses for processing digital objects are described herein. In one embodiment, multiple digital objects are displayed in a first mode, where each of the digital objects is displayed without overlapping. In response to a first input, at least two dig... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082502 | Display control apparatus, recording media, display control method, and display control program A display control apparatus is provided for controlling displaying of a play list specifying a reproduction sequence of a plurality of pieces of content. The display control apparatus has a play list feature extraction block configured to extract a feature of a play... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078618 | Automatic multimode system for organizing and retrieving content data files A method for selecting a method for categorizing a collection of content data files from among a plurality of categorization methods, the method comprising the steps of identifying a collection of content data files, each content data file comprising image or audio ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060824 | User interface for a multimedia service Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for providing a user interface for a service distributing multimedia content. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface accessing a media service can comprise generating a representation of a s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051375 | TV widget multiview content organization A television Widget movement method involves providing access to a plurality of Widget programs to a television Widget host processor; receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, wherein the Widget programs... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046686 | Method, apparatus and program for setting function to operation control of signal processing apparatus In a method of setting a function to an operation control provided in a signal processing apparatus, a display step is carried out to display a block diagram that depicts functions of the signal processing apparatus used for processing or mixing of a plurality of in... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042042 | Touch screen-based document editing device and method A touch screen-based document editing device and method, the device includes an editing symbol storage for storing editing symbols used for editing a document; a display for presenting the document, the display being implemented as a touch screen; a user interface f... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037413 | Brush tool for audio editing This specification describes technologies relating to editing digital audio data. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes displaying a visual representation of audio data, receiving an input selecting a selected portio... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037412 | Pay-per-play audiovisual system with touch screen interface An audiovisual reproduction system triggered by payment from a user is developed around a microprocessor device. The system includes memory containing, in compressed digital form, audio and visual information, and a display and digital audio reproduction unit, for c... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028233 | Interactive graphical interface including a streaming media component and method and system of producing the same A multiphase interactive advertisement includes a first phase having a first graphical interface and a second phase having a second graphical interface including at least a streaming media component space. In an exemplary embodiment, the second phase has a dimension... | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42728 | Network distribution and management of interactive video and multi-media containers Interactive interfaces to video information provide a displayed view of a quasi-object called a root image. The root image consists of a plurality of basic frames selected from the video information, arranged such that their respective x and y directions are aligned... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020097 | Recorder user interface Methods and systems are provided for allowing a user to capture and edit electronic media on a single computing device. In one example, one or more features allow a user to simultaneously remove and recover segments of media without entering a complex editing stage.... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015490 | Image processing device and image processing method The present invention has been made to facilitate search or management of video data. The present invention generates a display space defined by display axes determined by feature parameters representing the feature of video data or audio data or associated paramete... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006173 | Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program and reproduction method A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to be overlayed with the video stream, and includes a sequence of three Button State groups. The interactiv... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001471 | Systems and methods for providing a similar offline viewing experience of online web-site content The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001472 | Systems and methods for providing audio and visual cues via a portable electronic device Methods and systems for providing a lifestyle companion system are provided. The lifestyle companion system can provide a platform to conduct a user interview. Based on the user interview responses, the system can suggest activities, references, and/or plug-in modul... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992086 | System and method for adjusting a media-playing set A system and method enabling comparative and interactive preview of the effects of different operational settings to facilitate adjustment of a media-playing set includes providing a memory to store a test sample for each control item and a demonstrational tool to g... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991810 | Media file management system and method for home media center The present invention provides a media file management system and method for a home media center, which enable media files such as images or photos, music and movies included in a variety of information appliances to be conveniently edited on a screen of a display a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992087 | Document mapped-object placement upon background change Various embodiments illustrated and described herein provide one or more of systems, methods, and software operable to process multilayered documents including form fields. Some embodiments, are operable to process a new or modified background layer image to identif... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7958119 | Method for content recommendation A method for content recommendation for a user, wherein a song or a video is recommended to the user and a confidence measure is determined for the recommended song. The confidence measure is displayed to the user, so the user may get more confidence into the recomm... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954057 | Object movie exporter Methods and apparatuses for compressing and/or transmitting and/or receiving data representing different views of an object. In one method according to the present invention, the method stores a plurality of frames of an object wherein each of these frames represent... | 05/31/2011 |
